NICKI have been going out of my mind since Ethan told me about Olivia being the owner of that business. I still couldn’t understand how she got investors to work with her after the scandal of two years ago. She must have a big backer because there was no way in hell, she managed to do that all on her own and within a year.“Now I see why the business has been suffering, you sit behind that desk and daydream all day instead of working.” I snapped out of it and my father was standing by the door. He didn’t look pleased at all. “Father, what are you doing here?” he walked in then came and sat in front of me.“I am here to help you save the business since you can’t seem to do it on your own.” I sighed, he didn’t understand, if it were anyone else, then I would have taken them out already, but this was my wife, the mother of my son, I couldn’t hurt her like that a second time.“I understand you have been trying to find out who owns that MW&O Corporation, and I am here to offer a solution.”
OLIVIA“When did you decide that our partnership was over?” Mr Ryan asked, I knew from his facial expression the day we started the partnership a year ago that he was willing to do anything to bring the Jones’s down. That was when I started looking for another investor.“I decided the moment you started using dirty tricks to get their contracts and approaching their clients behind their backs to sign with you. I told you from the start that if this was going to work then there should not be any dirty tricks. But you went back on your word and hired one of his people to work for you. I can’t work with someone like that.”He chuckled. “I thought you of all people would understand why I did what I did. James had a hand in my wife’s death and Nick sent you to prison for something you didn’t do. I thought you would want revenge as much as I do.”I leaned forward. “Mr Ryan, I want revenge as much as you do but I want to get it the right way. I don’t want to be involved in corporate espionag
OLIVIAI have not been at ease since the visit we got from father. His threat was real, and it got me scared that he was going to do something awful either to Marcas or the business. When I told him about my concerns, Marcas told me not to worry about it and that he was going to take care of it. So, I left everything in his capable hands.Right now, I was with Ethan, and we were picking up Samuel from Tyger Valley. I was worried sick about his reaction when he saw me. I wasn’t sure if he was going to remember me or not. I only saw him once after I gave birth to him and now, he was two years old and talking.“Don’t worry, he will remember you. No child could ever forget his mother.” Ethan tried to assure me, but it wasn’t working. “What does he like? I don’t want to get there empty handed.” We were at the airport gift shop. “You are enough gift for him, but if you want to get him something then get him a toy car, the transformers. He is obsessed with those.”I nodded; I was not a good
NICK“Nick look, isn’t that Olivia?” I turned to look; I didn’t need to be told twice that was my wife I was seeing. Even with her back on me, I could tell it was her and her laughter confirmed it. I would recognize that laugh anywhere, the kind that made my world stand still and everything in it disappear then it would just be she and I. with her laughing like that.“Oh, my God! She is with Marcus Walker, her high school boyfriend and your friend. Dear Lord, we will never find good men and get married because Olivia has all of them wrapped around her little finger.” My blood boiled when Sandra made that comment. I wasn’t going to go there but thinking about it, it made me angry.I walked there and with each step I took. I could feel my anger rising. I stood behind her with that Marcus guy facing me and Ethen facing the other way doing God knows what. “So, is this what you do?” she said nothing, didn’t even turn to look at me. “If it isn’t Nicky boy, it’s nice to finally meet you.”I
OLIVIAHe let her call me names in front of our son. He might have stopped her and took my side, but I could see that she still had a hold on him. I wished I knew what Sandra has on him to make him so loyal to her like that. The man never even showed emotion the day I gave him signed divorce papers.He brought them to my office, placed them in front of me and waited for me to sign them. Since he said nothing, there was no need for me to say anything as well. I just signed and gave him the papers so he could sign them as well and file them with the court.The man took the papers and walked out. It was like nothing happened, like I just signed another contract with a client and not a document that marked the end of our union. But then again, I was the one who asked for those divorce papers, I didn’t know why I was so emotional that day.“Hey, turn that frown upside down. That woman is beneath you. Her words should not have an effect on you and so is Nick’s. They deserve each other, they
OLIVIA“Beautiful flowers, who are they from?” asked Marcus coming in and standing next to me. “I think they are from Nick.” He didn’t say a word and just moved away from me. “They mean nothing, flowers are not going to erase everything Nick did to me, and they will not change our plans. Nick Jones is still going to pay for what he did to me, and I am going to make sure of it.”I didn’t know who I was trying to convince by saying that, the truth was that the flowers affected me and left me with many questions. Like what made him send me flowers suddenly, what was going through his mind, and did he think they were going to fix anything?“Phase two is underway. It will be any day now; we just have to wait.” Okay changing the subject was a clear indication that he didn’t want to talk about Nick. “The flowers don’t change anything Marcus, really.” I didn’t know why I felt the need to convince him of this. I just did.“I understand, don’t worry about me.” I nodded and went back to the loun
UNKOWN POVSomewhere downtown of New Village City, the shadiest place in the city, two individuals were meeting. The other was a young master of one of the prestigious families in New Village. The young master’s luxurious car was sticking out like a sore thumb in that place. One could tell it didn’t belong there.But to him, the car was unmarked and mysterious, not like the other cars he owned that were marked and could be easily recognised. The other was in disguise, no one could tell who the person was. Or what gender.The voice was modified and had a mask cover the whole face. Even the young master didn’t know who the individual was, but he was happy with the information the stranger was providing for him. “Are you prepared to enter the next stage? You saw that Walker was not affected in the slightest by what we did today. I want us to do more.”The young master said, he thought that burning that warehouse down was going to stop Olivia and Marcus, but the stubborn man appeared on t
NICKI was woken up by my phone ringing nonstop. I tried to ignore it, but the person was persistent. He would call and cut then start again. Without opening my eyes, I picked up the call. “What!” I was so annoyed; did they see the time? Well, I didn’t know what time it was as well, but it was not the time to be calling people.“Sir, I am sorry to wake you, but you have to see the news, it’s bad boss, really bad.” I was awake in a second. I got out of bed wearing only my shorts and went to switch on the tv. “We don’t know who leaked it, but Jones enterprises stock is plummeting over the news.” I caught that bulleting at the end.I didn’t know what it was about and what was it about our stock plummeting. Just what the hell was going on? I cut the call and checked on my phone. Written in bold the article was there. “Jones enterprise stock is plummeting following the news of their former CEO James Jone’s dirty laundry being aired for everyone to see.Mr Jones senior is accused of steppin